Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Atlantic was the name of an very early American steam locomotive built by inventor and foundry owner Phineas Davis for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in 1832. It is in fact the first commercially successful and practical American built locomotive and class prototype, and Davis' second constructed for the B&O, his first having won a design competition contest announced by the B&O in 1830. ATLANTICS are also the name given an entire and famous class of high speed 4-4-2 classed passenger service locomotives developed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1887–1894 for express passenger services. (See Main article: 4-4-2 locomotive.). }
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- Atlantic_(locomotive) abstract "Atlantic was the name of an very early American steam locomotive built by inventor and foundry owner Phineas Davis for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in 1832. It is in fact the first commercially successful and practical American built locomotive and class prototype, and Davis' second constructed for the B&O, his first having won a design competition contest announced by the B&O in 1830. ATLANTICS are also the name given an entire and famous class of high speed 4-4-2 classed passenger service locomotives developed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1887–1894 for express passenger services. (See Main article: 4-4-2 locomotive.)".